Japan - Different Truths

July 17, 2024
Soumya Mukherjee
Travel

Japan’s Cherry Blossoms: Beyond the Beauty Lies a Powerful Symbol

Soumya explores Japan’s cultural significance of cherry blossoms, highlighting their historical and emotional weight, resilience post-Hiroshima bombing, and role in national revival, exclusively for Different Truths. We, along with...

April 23, 2024
Soumya Mukherjee
People, Place, Travel

Tech Toilets: Why You’ll Love Public Restrooms in Japan

Soumya was captivated by Japan’s cleanliness, orderliness, and quiet respect, a world away from the bustling chaos of major cities, exclusively for Different Truths. During my brief visit to...

June 7, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics

Manmohan Singh was a Real Reformer with Innovative Policies

Manmohan Singh enlivened the service sector by ceding several tax concessions. Software companies sprang up, placing the country a pivot for global software exports. Notwithstanding Modi’s slow pace in...

June 2, 2018
Tatjana Debeljacki
Book Serialisation, Criticism, Poem

Perfection – II

Here’s the second and final part of the serialising Tatjana’s new book, Perfection, in three languages, Serbian and Japanese, other than English, exclusively for Different Truths. The Faraway Horizons...

May 28, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, International Relations, Politics, World

Unpredictable Trump Puts World Diplomacy in Disarray: Policy Rift with the USA Pushing India Closer to Russia, China

India told the WTO that it proposes to raise duties by up to 100 percent on 20 products such as almonds, apple and specific motorcycles imported from the US...

May 24, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, International Relations, Politics, Trade, World

When Economics Morphs into Politics and Diplomacy: Trump Policies Bring Exalted Status to Russia

Sochi and St Petersburg have become, in a way, the centre of the world this week. Leaders from across the world are converging on to the two hotspots, seeking...

May 23, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Trade, World

More Rhetoric than Action in US-China Trade Negotiations: India Should Lie Low Without Taking Sides

The trade negotiations between the two countries ended last week, with China declaring its honest intent to increase US imports and the world breathed a sigh of relief that...

May 3, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

A Socialist Vision Can be a Reality in Britain: Communists Will Back Corbyn to Make That Happen

In 2017, the majority of the world’s 150 biggest economic entities were giant capitalist corporations. The largest 25 were countries, headed by those — the US, Germany, Britain, France,...

May 1, 2018
IPA Service
Homage, Profile

Time has come to Rediscover Karl Marx

Marx sought to question every new socio-economic projection. He rejected dogmatism. Such was his contempt of the dogmatists in his own days that shortly before he died in 1883,...

May 1, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, Industry

India Doing Well in Industrial Production: But, Not Enough to Catch Up with Leaders

The country has emerged as one of the world’s top producers of steel, mobile phones, electricity, and automobile. It mentioned that India was the world’s second-largest steel and mobile...

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